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3 Stocks Pushing The Metals & Mining Industry Downward

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All three major indices are trading down today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average (
^DJI) trading down 205 points (-1.3%) at 15,494 as of Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 659 issues advancing vs. 2,313 declining with 134 unchanged.

The Metals & Mining industry currently sits down 0.3% versus the S&P 500, which is down 1.3%.

TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry lower today:

3.
Cameco (
CCJ) is one of the companies pushing the Metals & Mining industry lower today. As of noon trading, Cameco is down $0.96 (-4.5%) to $20.26 on heavy volume. Thus far, 2.5 million shares of Cameco exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.8 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $20.23-$20.97 after having opened the day at $20.95 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $21.22.

Cameco Corporation operates as a uranium producer, supplier of conversion services, and fuel manufacturer. The company's Uranium segment is involved in the exploration for, mining, milling, purchase, and sale of uranium concentrate. Cameco has a market cap of $8.7 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 29.3, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 2.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate Cameco a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates
Cameco as a
hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, increase in net income and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity and relatively poor performance when compared with the S&P 500 during the past year. Get the full
Cameco Ratings Report now.